Alice River · Suburb / Locality

Language in Alice River

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A huge gap exists between Alice River and the rest of the country, with far fewer people using a language other than English at home. Only 1.7% of residents speak a different language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Alice River, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 95.9% of the area. While 0.1% of people speak little or no English, this is slightly higher than most similar areas despite being well below the Australian average.

1.7% ▼ -29.6%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 1.7%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.1% ▼ -45.8%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.1%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Alice River, English only is the majority at 100%; Greek is next at 0%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Alice River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30034/alice-river/topic/language